Bride knoweth bride at the glance of an eye. And between them swiftly passes comfort and meaning in a language that man and widows wot not of.
O. HENRY
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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Bride knoweth bride at the glance of an eye. And between them swiftly passes comfort and meaning in a language that man and widows wot not of.
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History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.
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It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.
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He studied cities as women study their reflections.
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When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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By rights you’re a king. If I was you, I’d call for a new deal.
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Whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.
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If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.
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We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
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Those whom we first love we seldom marry.
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Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.
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A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
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In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out.
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If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another’s.
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You can’t appreciate home till you’ve left it, money till it’s spent, your wife till she’s joined a woman’s club, nor Old Glory till you see it hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign town.
O. HENRY